wipe
英 [wa?p]
美[wa?p]
- vt. 擦；消除；涂上
- vi. 擦；打
- n. 擦拭；用力打
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?wipes;第三人稱單數(shù):?wipes;過去式:?wiped;過去分詞:?wiped;現(xiàn)在分詞:?wiping;
中文詞源
wipe 擦，洗
來自PIE*weip,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，搖晃，詞源同vibrate,whip。引申詞義前后移動，清洗，擦拭。
英文詞源
- wipe (n.)
- 1640s, "act of wiping," from wipe (v.). From 1708 as "something used in wiping" (especially a handkerchief); 1971 as "disposable absorbent tissue."
- wipe (v.)
- Old English wipian "to wipe, cleanse," from Proto-Germanic *wipjan "to move back and forth" (cognates: Danish vippe, Middle Dutch, Dutch vippen, Old High German wifan "to swing"), from PIE *weip- "to turn, vacillate, tremble" (source of Latin vibrare "to shake;" see vibrate).
雙語例句
- 1. When he had finished washing he began to wipe the basin clean.
- 他清洗完后開始把洗臉池擦拭干凈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population.
- 這次原油泄漏可能會使波斯灣的海龜滅絕。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Why not wipe the slate clean and start all over again?
- 為什么不洗心革面、從頭來過呢？
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She gave the table a quick wipe and disappeared behind the counter.
- 她很快地擦了擦桌子，然后就消失到柜臺后面去了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Wipe the mushrooms clean and thread them on a string.
- 把這些蘑菇擦干凈，然后用線穿起來。
來自柯林斯例句